ndmitchell / ndmitchell/hoogle
Switch to datalist for the package section box
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Haskell
- Stars
- 803
- Forks
- 152
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Description
See <datalist> in https://webkit.org/blog/8718/new-webkit-features-in-safari-12-1/ as an example. Using that in preference to the custom JQuery thing should make it more accessible and reduce the amount of code.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the package section box and its custom jQuery implementation; compare it with the linked WebKit datalist example. Done when the box uses a datalist instead of the custom jQuery control and the accessibility improvement is preserved.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- html, jquery
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100